News List | HEC Paris

May 2022

PhD Program

AQR Top Finance Graduate Award recognizes HEC PhD Noémie Pinardon-Touati amongst the most promising finance PhD graduates in 2022

Congratulations to Noémie Pinardon-Touati, one of the 6 winners of the 2022 AQR (Applied Quantitative Research) Top Finance Graduate Award. This prestigious prize rewards the six best students in finance in the world selected by a jury of absolutely top academics in the field of financial economics ...

May 17, 2022

Portrait of Yangjie Gu, Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris

Faculty & Research

Yangjie Gu Named One of the 40 Best Under-40 MBA Professors in the World

L’Oréal International Research Chair Yangjie Gu has been nominated by Poets&Quants as one the 2022 top MBA professors thanks to the “dynamic” and “energizing” learning environments she brings to the classroom. P&Q relies on student testimonies to publish their annual list. “Yangjie brought real ...

May 17, 2022

Master's programs

HEC Paris Students Win Third Place in the Global Case Competition at Harvard

HEC Paris beat out 150 worldwide competitors at the prestigious Global Case Competiton at Harvard this year, in an intense three-week case study.

May 16, 2022

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Executive Education

Defining the path forward for Executive Education

Long before the pandemic entered our lives, the concept of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) was fully integrated into the managerial lexicon. In our current context, this tidy shorthand to describe unpredictable circumstances has taken on more relevance than ever before.

May 16, 2022

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Executive Education

Energy transition impacts more than just the energy sector

The future of energy has never looked more expansive and is now extending far beyond the bounds of the traditional energy sector. To be a forward-thinking executive today requires, in most fields, more than a basic understanding of the impacts and opportunities that energy transition poses for your ...

May 09, 2022

About

CDL-Paris Climate Program Homes in on Science Designs to “Change the World”

HEC’s CDL (Creative Destruction Lab) Climate program reached its fourth-round climax on April 19 - a historic moment for the seven startups retained after a grueling mentorship program. Following another intense six-hour session with their mentors, they were invited to the program’s first in-person ...

May 03, 2022

April 2022

Knowledge

HEC Masterclass Scrutinizes Impact of France’s Presidential Vote

For Professor Jeremy Ghez, the April 24 French presidential elections are a litmus test for questions of sovereignty, global economic integration and E.U. political interdependence. The day after the second round, the co-Director of the Center for Geopolitics at HEC Paris delivered an interactive ...

Apr 29, 2022

Society & Organizations Institute

Major Strategy Workshop Explores Sustainable and Purposeful Leadership

For the first time in its decade-long history, the annual EIASM Workshop on Top Management Teams (TMT) and Business Strategy Research was hosted by HEC Paris at its Jouy-en-Josas campus. Considered one of the most important platforms for strategic leadership research events in Europe, the March 31 ...

Apr 27, 2022

Roundtable "Changing the Narrative on Gender Leadership" - April 19, 2022 - HEC Paris

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

HEC Roundtable: Challenging Today’s Narratives on Gender Leadership

Worldwide, leaders are facing more uncertainty and complexity than ever. Crucial to addressing these 21st century challenges are global proposals for greater diversity and inclusiveness at leadership level. Five panelists from different generations and horizons came together to discuss key notions ...

Apr 27, 2022

HEC Talks with Alan JOPE, CEO of Unilever - April 13, 2022

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HEC Talks: Unilever Boss Shares Insights into Company Turn-around

Unilever CEO since 2019, Alan Jope has stamped his leadership qualities on the consumer goods business by facing head-on the world’s social and environmental challenges. The charismatic Scotsman was the latest guest at the HEC Talks forum to provide insight into his approach to purposeful leadership ...

Apr 21, 2022